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ZIP code 65022, Cole County, Missouri

National Flood Insurance Program claims and payouts recorded for this ZIP code, with county context.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

ZIP code 65022, in Cole County, Missouri, has 131 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 119 of them paid for a total of $1.6M.

That is 31.5% of the 416 claims recorded across Cole County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $13K, lower than the county average of $21K and the Missouri average of $23K.

FEMA counts 4 repetitive-loss properties and 0 severe repetitive-loss properties in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 83 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.3% of residential structures.

131NFIP claims since 1978
119paid claims
$1.6Mtotal paid
$13Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 65022ColeMissouriUS
Claims since 197813141651,3042,680,429
Share of claims paid91%89%85%78%
Average paid claim$13K$21K$23K$43K
Share of county claims31.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties4483,886—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 65022 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s50$312,078
1990s81$1,239,887
2000s0$0
2010s0$0
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
199555$41,645$8,329
199410$0—
19935957$1,175,970$20,631
19901614$22,272$1,591
19863332$303,043$9,470
19831711$9,035$821

Claims are counted by year of loss as recorded in OpenFEMA's redacted NFIP claims file; amounts combine building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments. ZIP codes in the file are the policyholder's reported ZIP.

County context: Cole County

Cole County has 469 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (10 in the last 12 months), 26 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 42; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 147 · Tornado: 12 · Flood: 42 · Wind: 146 · Winter: 48 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 65022?

131 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 119 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 65022?

$1.6M across 119 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $13K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 65022?

1993, with 59 claims and $1.2M paid.

What county is ZIP 65022 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Cole County, Missouri; ZIP codes can cross county lines. The county page carries the storm record, declarations and risk index for the area.

Provenance

OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (as of 8 Sep 2026) and NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026), aggregated by ZIP code and year of loss on this site; no property-level record is shown. County storm figures from NOAA NCEI through 30 Jun 2026. Built 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.